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NAIC offers states options to 'mitigate' the premium increases that are expected when the health law takes effect

State regulators are looking for ways to protect consumers against increases in health insurance rates that they expect to occur next year as major provisions of the new health care law take effect.

6 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: A doctor finds father's hospital care frightening; Politicization of science has hurt research funding

Three years ago, on a Friday afternoon, I received a frantic phone call from my mother. My active and healthy father was in the hospital with a suspected stroke. I immediately started driving to New Jersey, where they lived. I knew I had to be there to ensure that my dad would be safe. He had been taken to one of the most dangerous places in the world: a hospital. The story of my dad's three day stay in a major American teaching hospital is remarkably unremarkable (Ashish Jha, 4/5).

6 Apr 2013

Education teacher launches Spanish edition of new autism awareness book

Lena McCalla Njee, a special education teacher of children with autism, today launches the Spanish edition of her book, "El Autismo Inspira! La esperanza como salvacion para los padres," to kick off National Autism Awareness Month.

6 Apr 2013

State Highlights: St. Jude lawsuits could change medical-device liability protection; Calif. weighs charity minimum for nonprofit hospitals

A raft of lawsuits filed Thursday against St. Jude Medical Inc. over an implanted heart device could challenge the broad liability protection that medical-device makers have enjoyed since a key Supreme Court ruling in 2008.

6 Apr 2013

Spate of state actions worries abortion-rights advocates, divides lawmakers

The advocates fear that a recent spate of measures, including one recently approved by lawmakers in Alabama, could roll back availability of abortions, while a debate in Virginia on the issue opens a chasm among lawmakers.

6 Apr 2013

Research roundup: Looking at CHIP to gauge effect of health law on doctors; Insurers' spending on quality improvements

In this study published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, researchers analyzed the 1997 Children's Health Insurance Program to evaluate the potential changes in physicians' work hours in response to a large expansion in coverage.

6 Apr 2013

House GOP SGR replacement would ease Medicare's doctor pay into a pay-for-performance model

Under its new proposal to replace the Medicare physician payment formula, the House GOP plan would provide physicians with a stable, pre-set fee schedule to allow an eventual transition to alternate payment models.

6 Apr 2013

Brown University professor awarded grant to study childhood obesity among Southeast Asians

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation's leading philanthropy on health and health care, has awarded Akilah Dulin Keita, Brown University Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, a 24-month grant through the New Connections program.

6 Apr 2013

Health law coverage expansion will help ex-felons

Stateline reports that the health law's Medicaid expansion will make many newly released prison inmates eligible for coverage.

6 Apr 2013

Federal judge rules morning-after pill must be available over the counter for all ages

A federal judge has ruled that the United States government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and under (Belluck, 4/5).

6 Apr 2013

NPR examines debate over rumors of changes to U.S. food aid operations

"[R]umors ... that the White House is planning major changes in the way that the U.S. donates food to fight hunger in some of the world's poorest countries" have "set off an emotional debate" in Washington, D.C., NPR's "Morning Edition" reports.

5 Apr 2013

Researchers map immune response to HIV, say findings could inform vaccine science

In research that could help in the search for an HIV vaccine, "American researchers have minutely tracked one person's powerful immune response to the virus to see how a series of mutations led to an antibody that can defeat many HIV strains," the New York Times reports (McNeil, 4/3).

5 Apr 2013

Writing therapy is an evidence-based treatment for PTS, says study

This study demonstrates that writing therapy resulted in significant and substantial short-term reductions in post traumatic symptoms (PTS) and comorbid depressive symptoms.

5 Apr 2013

Researchers say breast cancer screening requires a personalized approach

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a "one strategy fits all" technology.

5 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 5, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how President Barack Obama's budget proposal -- to be released next week -- will handle Medicare and Medicaid.

5 Apr 2013

Roundtable Discussion offers novel strategies, solutions to control childhood obesity

The battle to control the childhood obesity epidemic is being fought on many levels. It could benefit from targeted programs and funding to support and integrate worksite and school-based health promotion initiatives.

5 Apr 2013

Some OECD nations' development aid spending down 4% in 2012, report says

"Government spending on development aid plunged by four percent in 2012, after dropping two percent the year before, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a statement on Wednesday," Devex reports (Santamaria/Jones, 4/3).

5 Apr 2013

Working paper examines global health governance in China, India

"In my new working paper, 'Enter the Dragon and the Elephant: China's and India's Participation in Global Health Governance,' I examine these two leading emerging countries' role in global health governance and how further participation can be complicated by domestic health challenges," Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, writes in Seton Hall University's "Global Health Governance" blog.

5 Apr 2013

Global interconnectedness influences population health

In a global health review article in the New England Journal of Medicine, Anthony McMichael of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University examines the effects of globalization and "international connectivity" on "human health, international health care, and public health activities."

5 Apr 2013

Editorials discuss GPEI polio eradication plan

he Global Polio Eradication Initiative on Tuesday launched its Global Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan in Washington, D.C.

5 Apr 2013

Health Care News and Research

NAIC offers states options to 'mitigate' the premium increases that are expected when the health law takes effect

Viewpoints: A doctor finds father's hospital care frightening; Politicization of science has hurt research funding

Education teacher launches Spanish edition of new autism awareness book

State Highlights: St. Jude lawsuits could change medical-device liability protection; Calif. weighs charity minimum for nonprofit hospitals

Spate of state actions worries abortion-rights advocates, divides lawmakers

Research roundup: Looking at CHIP to gauge effect of health law on doctors; Insurers' spending on quality improvements

House GOP SGR replacement would ease Medicare's doctor pay into a pay-for-performance model

Brown University professor awarded grant to study childhood obesity among Southeast Asians

Health law coverage expansion will help ex-felons

Federal judge rules morning-after pill must be available over the counter for all ages

NPR examines debate over rumors of changes to U.S. food aid operations

Researchers map immune response to HIV, say findings could inform vaccine science

Writing therapy is an evidence-based treatment for PTS, says study

Researchers say breast cancer screening requires a personalized approach

First Edition: April 5, 2013

Roundtable Discussion offers novel strategies, solutions to control childhood obesity

Some OECD nations' development aid spending down 4% in 2012, report says

Working paper examines global health governance in China, India

Global interconnectedness influences population health

Editorials discuss GPEI polio eradication plan

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